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Lower Back Tribal Tattoos - Historical Roots

By James Roshwood

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Published: 16Sep2009
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Lower back tribal tattoos have become very popular in recent modern times, this article explains why.

For hundreds of years we have decorated our bodies with tattoos and in recent years the popularity of this form of body art has exploded into vast numbers of people wanting to get themselves inked.

There are a variety of different styles in tattoo design from crude home made forms using a bottle of shop bought ink and a sewing needle to highly sophisticated methods involving the latest colors of ink and very quick needle guns employed by professional tattooists. They get the job done in record time and some of these tattooists are close to being the modern equivalent of a Michelangelo or Pablo Picasso.

What can be achieved by these artists using their grand designs and multi colored inks is quite phenomenal.

Why then do people settle for getting themselves inked with ancient historical designs that is usually in the single color of black or maybe henna? The answer like most things is multi faceted and the roots of which begin in the mists of time itself. In the old days before humans could communicate effectively with speech they used this ancient form of art.

We have all seen drawings of animals on the cave walls of caveman dwellings and the representations were usually so good we could tell what type of animal they were. Drawing on their bodies became a natural extension of that art form. The inked body drawings would tell of great victories and other notable events.

The leaders of the tribe would have special designs that would depict their standing within the community and the most effective place for the tribal back tattoos was on the back so that they could be followed into battle or when hunting for animals. It was a case of follow the leader in those days and those generals led from the front rather than being safely deployed behind their troops which is the case in modern day wars.

Lower back tribal tattoos are very popular with women because of the flattering effect they have on a woman's body. The waist is given the illusion of being smaller whereas the hips appear to be enhanced giving an overall more shapely appearance.

Men often prefer their tribal back tattoos on the upper back which again enhances the body shape appearance by giving the effect of widening the shoulders, reducing the waist and giving the impression of the classic V shape.

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